He captained the amateur Glasgow District in season 1989-90 when they famously won the Scottish Inter-District Championship that season, and were unbeaten the entire season, also beating the touring Fiji international side.[2] He captained the Glasgow District side for 6 years.[3]
As the Flanker named for Warriors first match as a professional team - against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup - Wallace has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No. 6 for the provincial side.
He played for the professional Glasgow side in the Heineken Cup in 1997-98. Glasgow got to the European Cup's quarter-finals that year; which remains the Glasgow Warriors best joint-equal performance in that competition.[3]
International careeredit
Fergus narrowly missed out on a full Scotland international cap. He has stated "Not getting a full cap was disappointing and I think I might have got in if they had selected the team differently in 1994. I was in the Scotland A side that beat South Africa at The Greenyards and had a good game, scoring our try, but strangely they had picked the Scotland team for the Test match before the A game."[4] However he now jokes about this; he told the St. Andrews Sporting Club: "I was often compared to the Lions great, Willie John McBride. Yes, folk would say to me: 'Compared to Willie John McBride, you're rubbish!'" [5]
Wallace did however get capped by Scotland A and Scotland Sevens and also captained a Scotland XV against Zimbabwe.[3] He also played for a veteran British and Irish Lions side in 2001.[6]
Administrationedit
He moved back to rugby becoming the Business Development Manager of Glasgow Warriors in November 2011.[3]
Outside of rugbyedit
On leaving rugby Fergus became a painter and decorator, then a chartered surveyor.[3] He also worked with networking companies Laads Consultancy and Klas International.[7]
In December 2014 he moved to become the Head of Sports Partnerships at House of Fraser.[7]
External linksedit
Rotary Club
Warriors success plan
Glasgow Hawks
Referencesedit
^"Fergus Wallace - Rugby Union - Players and Officials - ESPN Scrum". ESPN scrum.
fergus, wallace, born, february, 1965, scottish, former, rugby, union, player, glasgow, rugby, known, glasgow, warriors, played, flanker, birth, namefergus, donald, wallacedate, birth, 1965, february, 1965, height1, weight95, schoolkelvinside, academynotable, . Fergus Wallace born 2 February 1965 is a Scottish former rugby union player for Glasgow Rugby now known as Glasgow Warriors He played as a flanker Fergus WallaceBirth nameFergus Donald WallaceDate of birth 1965 02 02 2 February 1965 age 58 1 Height1 88 m 6 ft 2 in Weight95 kg 14 st 13 lb SchoolKelvinside AcademyNotable relative s Murray Wallace brotherRugby union careerPosition s FlankerAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Clarkston RFCGlasgow High KelvinsideBoroughmuir RFCHamilton RFCGlasgow Hawks Senior careerYearsTeamApps Points 1996 98Glasgow18 5 Provincial State sidesYearsTeamApps Points Glasgow District International careerYearsTeamApps Points Scotland ANational sevens team s YearsTeamComps Scotland 7s Contents 1 Rugby Union career 1 1 Amateur career 1 2 Provincial career 1 3 International career 1 4 Administration 2 Outside of rugby 3 External links 4 ReferencesRugby Union career editAmateur career edit Wallace s playing career straddled the amateur and professional era He began his club career with Clarkston before moving on to Glasgow High Kelvinside Boroughmuir Hamilton and Glasgow Hawks Provincial career edit He captained the amateur Glasgow District in season 1989 90 when they famously won the Scottish Inter District Championship that season and were unbeaten the entire season also beating the touring Fiji international side 2 He captained the Glasgow District side for 6 years 3 As the Flanker named for Warriors first match as a professional team against Newbridge in the European Challenge Cup Wallace has the distinction of being given Glasgow Warrior No 6 for the provincial side He played for the professional Glasgow side in the Heineken Cup in 1997 98 Glasgow got to the European Cup s quarter finals that year which remains the Glasgow Warriors best joint equal performance in that competition 3 International career edit Fergus narrowly missed out on a full Scotland international cap He has stated Not getting a full cap was disappointing and I think I might have got in if they had selected the team differently in 1994 I was in the Scotland A side that beat South Africa at The Greenyards and had a good game scoring our try but strangely they had picked the Scotland team for the Test match before the A game 4 However he now jokes about this he told the St Andrews Sporting Club I was often compared to the Lions great Willie John McBride Yes folk would say to me Compared to Willie John McBride you re rubbish 5 Wallace did however get capped by Scotland A and Scotland Sevens and also captained a Scotland XV against Zimbabwe 3 He also played for a veteran British and Irish Lions side in 2001 6 Administration edit He moved back to rugby becoming the Business Development Manager of Glasgow Warriors in November 2011 3 Outside of rugby editOn leaving rugby Fergus became a painter and decorator then a chartered surveyor 3 He also worked with networking companies Laads Consultancy and Klas International 7 In December 2014 he moved to become the Head of Sports Partnerships at House of Fraser 7 External links editRotary Club Warriors success plan Glasgow HawksReferences edit Fergus Wallace Rugby Union Players and Officials ESPN Scrum ESPN scrum HAWKS COACH FERGUS WALLACE LOOKS BACK glasgowhawks com a b c d e Fergus Wallace Joins As Business Development Manager scottishrugby org Former Glasgow flanker and captain ready to help the Warriors capture more silverware Herald Scotland The Herald Diary Fur Goodness Sake By Ken Smith BBC SPORT RUGBY UNION Veteran Lions roar to victory bbc co uk 21 November 2001 a b https uk linkedin com in fergusdwallace self published source Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fergus Wallace amp oldid 1093266969, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
